Contact: Danae Falliers, 277-2281 Media Contact: Laurie Mellas-Ramirez, 277-5915

Oct. 14, 2002 ARTISTS WORKING WITH TECHNOLOGY SHOWCASE ART AT UNM Artists using technology to create new forms of art incorporating multi-media, visual art, music and computer science will showcase their projects at a workshop at the University of New Mexico Arts Technology Center, 1923 Las Lomas NE, on Friday, Nov. 1, from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The event is free and open to the public. Seven artists participating took part recently in an Artist-In-Residence Program "Cultural Practice/Virtual Style: Creating an Arts Environment in High Performance Computing" sponsored by the ATC and UNM High Performance Computing, Education and Research Center and funded by the National Endowment for the Arts and the Rockefeller Foundation. Working at the UNM computing center, the artists used supercomputers, a visualization lab that supports 3-D imaging and the AccessGRID high bandwidth virtual meeting room, which allows for collaborative design with partners internationally. "Everyone working in this field is experimenting and learning. That is what makes these projects interesting," said Danae Falliers, ATC associate director. At the workshop, Jack Ox and David Britton will present "The 21st Century Virtual Color Organ," a computational system for translating musical compositions into visual performance. Using supercomputing power, the artists produce 3-D images and sound in a virtual reality environment. Warren Sack and Sawad Brooks' project "Translation Map" examines the process of creating a global community on the Internet through collaborative translation of public messages. Their project includes a virtual collage representing the path a message takes as it translates from one language or culture to another. Gail Wight is interested in the collusion between art and science. She is working on a short piece for the LodeStar Astronomy Center digital domed theater that uses bacteria as a lens to examine contemporary ideas about evolution. Jim Crutchfield and David Dunn's project "The Theatre of Pattern Formation" is a variety of mathematically driven visualizations focused on complexity theory. They help build an understanding of fundamental principals of natural pattern formation using video and audio feedback techniques. GRONK is widely known for a thought provoking body of expressionistic work including painting, performance, photography, video and installations. For his residency in November, he will create an animation that will later be translated to the LodeStar Astronomy Center's digital domed theater. Gronk will work collaboratively with students from the College of Fine Arts and the Computer Science Department. The artists will present their work from 10-12:30 p.m. Breakout sessions will be held in the afternoon. GRONK will demonstrate in the visualization lab from 2-3 p.m. For information, call 277-2286. ###

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